47 U.S.C. § 407 : US Code - Section 407: Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys' fees

Search 47 U.S.C. § 407 : US Code - Section 407: Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys' fees

If a carrier does not comply with an order for the payment of
money within the time limit in such order, the complainant, or any
person for whose benefit such order was made, may file in the
district court of the United States for the district in which he
resides or in which is located the principal operating office of
the carrier, or through which the line of the carrier runs, or in
any State court of general jurisdiction having jurisdiction of the
parties, a petition setting forth briefly the causes for which he
claims damages, and the order of the Commission in the premises.
Such suit in the district court of the United States shall proceed
in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on
the trial of such suits the findings and order of the Commission
shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, except
that the petitioner shall not be liable for costs in the district
court nor for costs at any subsequent stage of the proceedings
unless they accrue upon his appeal. If the petitioner shall finally
prevail, he shall be allowed a reasonable attorney's fee, to be
taxed and collected as a part of the costs of the suit.